-CORRECTION- SIU INVOKES MANDATE IN ESSEX COUNTY

Correction of the Date of Incident

(LAKESHORE, ON)- The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked its mandate following a single-vehicle collision in the Municipality of Lakeshore.

On Monday, July 21, 2025, at approximately 10:55 pm, officers from the Essex County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a vehicle that failed to stop.

A short time later, the vehicle was involved in single-vehicle collision on Lakeshore Road 235. The driver was transported to hospital by Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services with non-life-threatening injuries.

The OPP investigation regarding the initial traffic stop remains ongoing.